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Schopenhauer, A Cynical European’s Perspective On Music.
Moving on from the Greek's, let's now look at how the European philosophical crew viewed music. Arthur Schopenhauer was a 19th century...
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May 27
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Plato, Music And A Whirlpool Of Frenzy.
Continuing on from last week I thought it would be an interesting perspective to consider another Greek philosopher and how he viewed...
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May 20
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Music, Wellbeing and The Philosophical Greeks.
This week I return to the subject of music itself, taking it old, ‘oldschool’ …through the eyes of the ancient Greek philosopher...
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May 15
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Tonic Rider Peer Support Groups
Tonic Music are delighted to announce a new series of online Peer Support Groups - supported by The Christopher Meredith Foundation....
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May 9
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The Musical Instrument, A Surrogate Mother?
OK, I know this is going to sound really weird but... this blog looks at a recent academic paper that I found quite interesting called...
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May 8
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Women's Peer Support Group
Tonic Music are delighted to announce a new online Peer Support Group for women in music - supported by The Christopher Meredith...
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May 7
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Tonic Music at The Great Escape
Tonic Music are delighted to be participating at The Great Escape for the first time. Join us on Saturday 17th May at The Great Escape...
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May 7
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The Artist’s Dilemma.
This blog is a slight deviation from the norm and focuses on a book I have recently read. The book in question is called 'Art and Artist:...
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May 1
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There Is No Music Industry, Or Is There?
Moving on from the healthy touring resources I now want to look at a recent piece of writing that caught my attention. If you’ve ever...
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Apr 23
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The Healthy Touring and Practice Diary.
Expanding upon the Biopsychosocial model discussed last week, I now want to introduce a helpful reflective tool that I have found...
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Apr 17
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Bio-Psycho-Social Model.
Picking up from last week’s blog (where I concluded with some mental health strategies) I now want to offer another tool for our...
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Apr 10
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Electronic Musicians Continued...
Staying in the world of the electronic musician, this week’s blog explores an important piece of research in this area called ‘Performers...
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Apr 2
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Agents x Managers Programme
Tonic Music and The Christopher Meredith Foundation announce a new mental health support package exclusively for music agents and...
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Mar 25
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The Electronic Popular Musicians.
Side stepping from last week’s focus on popular musicians and tabloid-ism, in this week’s writing I want to shine my blog torch toward...
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Mar 17
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Tabloid-ism And The Reality Of The Working Musician.
From my many years of being on the receiving end of tabloid sensationalism I’m rarely surprised by the British press, but a recent piece...
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Mar 17
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New Peer Support Group for Ivors members
Tonic Music are providing a new online Peer Support Group in partnership with The Ivors Academy and Music Minds Matter for songwriters...
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Mar 11
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Who Are Popular Musicians?
Moving slightly away from (but not forgetting) the grass roots world, creativity and other ventures, in this week’s blog I wanted to...
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Mar 10
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New Peer Support Group with Attitude is Everything
Tonic Music are providing a new online Peer Support Group for those working in live music in any capacity who are Deaf, Disabled and/or...
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Mar 3
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In Person Rehearsing and the Top Tips to Success.
A This blog was inspired by a recent Tonic Rider Peer Support Group where we found ourselves discussing young musicians and a potential...
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Mar 3
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RIP David Lynch, Stillness, Art and Creativity.
A few weeks back now the irreplaceable David Lynch left this mortal coil. "So what does he have to do with music and mental health?" I...
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Feb 24
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